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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Regional differences
I left Rome this morning. I’m not sure how I feel about it, but I know how my stomach felt… after all the simple, generous tasty food that marks the ‘Italian style’, I got a snack of egg and tomato … Continue reading
Rome is buzzing in my ears!
In this eternal city, there is a remarkable buzz. It’s the buzz of Roman traffic- my companion here has been turned into a nervous wreck at the near misses that seem to characterize the roman style- and it is the … Continue reading
Posted in New Media
Tagged buzz, eternal city, general audience, pope benedict xvi, roman traffic, Rome
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In another form (Mark 16:12)
Sometimes it is good to ask how Our Lord Jesus could possibly appear ‘in another form’ to us. In the Catholic Church, the ‘in another form is closely identified with the Bread and Wine that in the Eucharist is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alter Christus', Body and Blood, bread and wine, Community, Jesus, presence, Priest, priesthood, real presence, Word
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Try the other side of your boat.
Our Lord Jesus wasn’t a fisherman or a farmer and so his comments on fishing and farming are always interesting to me – also neither a fisherman or a farmer. When I read today’s Gospel story of the Resurrection Breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy, Prayer
Tagged Boat, fishing, Galilee, haul, Jesus, John's gospel, lake Tiberius, net, Simon Peter, strength
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Curb sitting
In my prayer this week, I have been struck by a disturbing image. Maybe it is a construct of the images from Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. I’m not sure. It is the image of a man, sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer, Priesthood
Tagged alone, crucifixion, Curb-sitter, despair, Galilee, loneliness, pavement, the crucifixion, The passion of the Christ
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Experiencing Holy Week – Part 8 The Great Vigil of Vigils and the First Mass of Easter
The Easter Vigil is Baptismal in Character. After Dark, the community gathers. Once again, as part of the three great days of prayer that are one prayer, the Service for the Vigil begins in silence with the arrival of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alleluia, Baptism, Baptismal promises, Baptismal Vigil, Candles, Christ our Light, Easter, Easter Vigil, Exultet, First Mass of Easter, Gloria, Holy Fire, Light, Lucinarium, Vigil
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Experiencing Holy Week Part 7 – Good Friday
Good Friday. ‘Good’? On this day we commemorate the Supreme Good that came from brutality and violence. There is no Mass celebrated today and no other Sacraments should be celebrated except the Sacrament of the Sick and the Sacrament of … Continue reading
Experiencing Holy Week – Part 6 The Triduum – The evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper and the washing of feet
The Triduum. The word ‘triduum’ comes from the Latin for ‘3 days’. These are the 3 holiest days that we celebrate as Catholics. The evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper begins what is … Continue reading
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